A plane carrying 342 Vietnamese citizens from Macau landed at an airport in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam on Sunday. The flight touched down City at 3:00 pm, according to local officials. All of the 342 ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile app offers mental wellness for OFWs in Macau
CLARK FREEPORT -- The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (Polo) has recently rolled out pioneer app-based health intervention system to Filipino ... ( read original story ...)
Maldives may impose second COVID-19 lockdown: president
Maldives may enforce a second lockdown to bring a second wave of COVID-19 infections under control, local media citing President Ibrahim Solih reported here Sunday. President Solih has said that while ... ( read original story ...)
Concerned citizens petition Timor-Leste authorities to drop planned revival of defamation law
"This proposed law is to protect those in power from criticism when they commit any act of corruption and any other acts of crime." ... ( read original story ...)
Commander, Task Force Shore Battle Space and Navy Region EURAFCENT Detachment Bahrain Holds Change of Charge
Commander, Task Force Shore Battle Space (TF-SBS) and Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central (EURAFCENT) Detachment Bahrain held a change of charge ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, ... ( read original story ...)
UN labor body: Qatar ‘dismantles’ kafala employment system
A U.N. labor body says new labor rules in the energy-rich nation of Qatar “effectively dismantles” the country’s long-criticized “kafala” employment system ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar raises minimum wage, lifts restriction on changing jobs
Qatar announced on Sunday changes to its labour laws, raising its minimum wage on Sunday by 25 percent to 1,000 riyals ($274.6) a month and scrapping a requirement for employees to get the permission ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar Airways resumes three-weekly flights to Mogadishu
Qatar Airways will resume three-weekly flights to Mogadishu, Somalia from September 6. Service to the capital city of Somalia will be operated by an Airbus A320 featuring 12 seats in Business class ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar enacts key worker reforms amid criticism
Qatar on Sunday introduced a $275 monthly minimum wage and simplified the process for changing employers, the labour ministry said, following criticism of its treatment of foreign labourers. "The ... ( read original story ...)
Minimum wage, no NOC: Qatar announces changes to labour law
Qatar has scrapped a rule requiring employers' consent to change jobs and said it will also implement a basic monthly minimum wage of 1,000 Qatari riyals ($274). Sunday's landmark announcement by the ... ( read original story ...)